Research News

New technology could increase energy generation and drive down solar energy production costs. 

Andrew S. Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor in civil, structural and environmental engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) Untermyer & Cisler Reactor Technology Medal.

The award is part of UB joining a Tier 1 University Transportation Center to enhance nation’s transportation infrastructure.

Researchers from the UB join a new research center with the goal of creating more durable and longer-lasting transportation infrastructure through innovation in materials, construction and structural health monitoring methods. 

The largest transportation conference in the world gave faculty and students a chance to share the capabilities of ISTL and IBE.

WGRZ-TV spoke with Anthony Tessari, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, about plans to put a cover over a portion of the Kensington Expressway in Buffalo.

Ching-Ching Yu (PhD ’21), a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, will participate in Carnegie Mellon University’s 2022 Rising Stars – Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Workshop. 

UB’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s seismic design team’s proposal earned fourth place, and the team finished inside the top 20 at the 2022 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) undergraduate seismic design competition.